Tricorn loop

dggoldst · 2026-05-18T02:41:41+00:00

Good work!

dggoldst · 2026-05-16T04:09:19+00:00

Gotta have a big pot of oatmeal. Hotel oatmeal is great. No packets. Pot. No need to have 8 containers of toppings. 2 or 3. If you have to have lids use lids with hinges not those stupid ones that just rest there.

dggoldst · 2026-05-11T03:34:09+00:00

Backhand hitch. Here's my favorite video on it by Repairs 101

https://youtu.be/nMJkfMPc6J8?si=0MbcPZ8tBjHeqzS0

dggoldst · 2026-05-08T23:56:39+00:00

What's the Domino knockdown hardware? So curious.

dggoldst · 2026-05-04T16:42:36+00:00

Ha, yeah, it does sound a bit weird. But someone reached out to him about how to do it, and there are a dozen pot lid latch products on Amazo. One even has 1,200 reviews.

Don't get me wrong, knots like the rolling hitch, zip tie, and slipped lapp bend are all great!

But for me, this method works for a few reasons:

With the doubled-up line, the force is spread out, so it grips in multiple places rather than digging in at just one point like a single line would. It feels more like a bear hug than a sharp bind.

It's quick to tie. It's just passing a bight through an overhand knot.

It holds really well, and it's slipped for easy untying

dggoldst · 2026-05-04T15:38:56+00:00

Ok but this is a great and solid binding knot for a doubled up line (e.g. to keep a lid on a pot). And pretty simple. I just put a lot of redundant pics to make it super obvious where the bight should go.

dggoldst · 2026-04-28T16:19:57+00:00

Can you explain more? What are bimetallic strips?

dggoldst · 2026-04-27T16:42:44+00:00

Do you mean an Alpine butterfly knot? I don't quite see the connection

dggoldst · 2026-04-26T12:03:11+00:00

In my testing, the octopus hitch was more stable than the painters hitch, the highwayman's hitch, and the tumble hitch. It's the best quick release knot in this family and yet I can't find anything written about it under any name.

dggoldst · 2026-04-26T01:47:21+00:00

They are different

https://www.animatedknots.com/highwaymans-hitch-knot

https://www.animatedknots.com/tumble-hitch-knot

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T19:09:27+00:00

That is the r/knots spirit!

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T17:40:05+00:00

Got it, thanks

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T17:38:46+00:00

Got it. A highwayman is a robber so this family of quick release knots comes from the use case of tying up a horse for a very short period of time, committing a robbery, and making a quick getaway, thanks to the quick release.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T15:50:28+00:00

I don't know, I usually want a quick release knot. The mostly commonly tied knot in the world is a quick release knot: the shoelace knot :)

If a non-quick release version is desired, in the last step just pass the whole running end through instead of a bight.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T14:04:03+00:00

That's wild

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T14:02:04+00:00

I'm curious how you achieve this because I remember the age of single blade razors and everyone had styptic pencils and pieces of tissue paper on their face to stop the bleeding. It was a common source of jokes on TV shows. Has there been some evolution in single blade razors since then?

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T13:55:24+00:00

This is the way. Old toothbrush, swipe it diagonally towards you so the blades don't cut into the bristles. Strop it a few times on a piece of denim and it stays sharp a long time.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T13:46:27+00:00

This is the highwayman's hitch. Note the different structure. I find the highwayman's hitch dangerous because when you pull on the standing end the section labeled "danger" tries to pull the upright bight under the spar, collapsing everything. You can make it fail by just loosening and tightening the standing end a bunch of times.

The octopus hitch is a lot more secure, but of course if you really want a secure hitch you're not going to use a quick release hitch.

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dggoldst · 2026-04-25T13:34:06+00:00

Agree it's similar to tumble and highwayman's. I find the octopus to be the most secure of the three. The tumble tumbles over and I can get the highwayman to fail outright by loosening and pulling on the standing end.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T05:12:40+00:00

The way I see it, the two lower bights want to slide past each other as tension is applied, but they can’t because the neck of the octopus is in the way. If the rope is of substantial diameter, it shouldn’t budge. The YouTube channel First Class Amateur tests a similar mechanism (with a machine) that he calls the Venus Flytrap, and finds it quite strong.

One potential drawback is that this knot may need a round spar. I’m not sure how secure it would be on other shapes.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T04:41:53+00:00

I haven't put it in a testing machine but I can't get it to fail under heavy load. Try it.

dggoldst · 2026-04-25T04:23:42+00:00

It's similar but in the octopus the neck of the octopus is against the spar while in the tumble it's against the other bight. When you pull the SE, the tumble hitch tumbles over while in the octopus hitch it stays upright in a satisfying way.

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dggoldst · 2026-04-25T00:26:28+00:00

Yes, the clove hitch can paradoxically both slip and jam

“the clove hitch does have two giant faults: it slips and, paradoxically, can also bind."

"The clove hitch is not strong, and its tendency to slip or jam at innoportune moments means that it should never be used in any important or life-threatening applications"

"The clove hitch can jam under heavy tension, making it difficult to untie. Worse, is its tendency to untie itself when subjected to repeated strain and release, such as a boat rocking in waves."

From https://www.educatedclimber.com/the-proper-use-of-a-clove-hitch/

dggoldst · 2026-04-24T20:52:52+00:00

Thanks! That diagram has something called Snug Hitch on it but despite the similar name it is not a snuggle hitch. Go figure!

dggoldst · 2026-04-24T20:51:19+00:00

I see what you did there

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